One Minute Descriptions

I ask every student/collaborator who publishes a manuscript under my supervision (often their first ever paper), to describe it in 1 minute – a version of academic elevator pitch. This is not easy, but it is a way to celebrate their major achievement and demonstrate mastery of a topic. Needless to say, I am still waiting for quite a few videos…

Association between body mass index and subcortical brain volumes in bipolar disorders-ENIGMA study in 2735 individuals

Presented by: S. McWhinney

McWhinney, S. R., Abé, C., Alda, M., Benedetti, F., Bøen, E., Del Mar Bonnin, C., Borgers, T., Brosch, K., Canales-Rodríguez, E. J., Cannon, D. M., Dannlowski, U., Díaz-Zuluaga, A. M., Elvsåshagen, T., Eyler, L. T., Fullerton, J. M., Goikolea, J. M., Goltermann, J., Grotegerd, D., Haarman, B. C. M., … ENIGMA Bipolar Disorders Working Group. (2021). Association between body mass index and subcortical brain volumes in bipolar disorders-ENIGMA study in 2735 individuals. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(11), 6806–6819. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01098-x

Larger inferior frontal gyrus volume and surface area in participants at genetic risk for bipolar disorders

Presented by: V. Drobinin

Drobinin, V., Slaney, C., Garnham, J., Propper, L., Uher, R., Alda, M., & Hajek, T. (2019). Larger right inferior frontal gyrus volume and surface area in participants at genetic risk for bipolar disorders. Psychological medicine, 49(8), 1308–1315. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718001903

Brain age in bipolar disorders: effects of lithium treatment

Presented by: Holly VanGestel

Van Gestel, H., Franke, K., Petite, J., Slaney, C., Garnham, J., Helmick, C., Johnson, K., Uher, R., Alda, M., & Hajek, T. (2019). Brain age in bipolar disorders: Effects of lithium treatment. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 53(12), 1179–1188. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867419857814

Cross-sectional and within-subject seasonality and regularity of hospitalizations: A population study in mood disorders and schizophrenia

Presented by: Eduard Bakstein

Bakstein, E, Mladá, K, Fárková, E, et al. Cross-sectional and within-subject seasonality and regularity of hospitalizations: A population study in mood disorders and schizophrenia. Bipolar Disord. 2020; 22: 508–516. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12884

Obesity, dyslipidemia and brain age in first-episode psychosis

Presented by: Marian Kolenic

Kolenic, M., Franke, K., Hlinka, J., Matejka, M., Capkova, J., Pausova, Z., Uher, R., Alda, M., Spaniel, F., & Hajek, T. (2018). Obesity, dyslipidemia and brain age in first-episode psychosis. Journal of psychiatric research, 99, 151–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.02.012

Insulin resistance is associated with verbal memory impairment in bipolar disorders

Presented by: Virginio Salvi

Salvi, V., Di Salvo, G., Korčáková, J., Torriero, S., Aragno, E., Kolenič, M., Ungrmanová, M., Maina, G., Mencacci, C., & Hajek, T. (2020). Insulin resistance is associated with verbal memory impairment in bipolar disorders. Journal of affective disorders, 266, 610–614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.145

Connectivity of the anterior insula differentiates participants with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders from controls: a machine-learning study

Presented by: P. Mikolas

Mikolas, P., Melicher, T., Skoch, A., Matejka, M., Slovakova, A., Bakstein, E., Hajek, T., & Spaniel, F. (2016). Connectivity of the anterior insula differentiates participants with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders from controls: a machine-learning study. Psychological medicine, 46(13), 2695–2704. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716000878